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These packs were
designed to meet the ATC - Artist Trading Card concept, but are
also used very successfully by cardmakers, scrapbookers and
stampers. In fact, any papercraft will be enhanced by the addition
of these images.
If you are not
familiar with the ATC concept, please read the brief description
and guidelines for ATC's as follows:
As their name
indicates, ATC are collectables, a brilliant idea born of the older
sports-themed trading cards. The one rule that makes an ATC derives
from their origins: the dimensions of the ATC must be
2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm.
First, an ATC
mustn't be sold, only exchanged, as the whole essence of
these tiny works of art is about artists meeting (by correspondence
or online if need be) and exchanging their works, thus meeting many
artists and getting exposed to many personal styles.
Second, on the
back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following
information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and
number (1/8, 2/8...) if it's part of an edition. By definition
ATCs are made in limited numbers, often no more than one of a
kind.
Unique ATCs are
called originals;
sets of identical ATCs are called editions and are
numbered;
sets of ATCs that are based on one theme but that are different are
called series.
Don't be
intimidated by the concept of small editions or originals: very few
people are anal about this. What most collectors really want are
cards that were made with care. Based on that, numbers are
meaningless.
What to
do with your collection:
A popular
solution are those nifty albums with 9-pocket sheets available for
commercial cards. But many people also keep them in boxes so that
they can enjoy taking them out and handling them as they flip
through. Others collect them in panels or picture frames to display
in their home. I've heard of people sewing a plastic pocket to
their handbags to display a different card every week, and someone
placing a card inside their name tag, turning it into a piece of
unusual jewelry. Some even make special handmade books to display
theirs. The sky's the limit!
Extract
from: http://www.cedarseed.com/air/atc.html
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